Ἐμποίνιμος
punishable
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Mar 2007Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] liable to punishment; that is, subject to a penalty, as if paying reparation for things one has done wrong. And the punishment for a murder which has been broken[?] is called poinh/ .1
"Saturninus the consul attempted a tyranny. So the Romans made a promise to him more necessary than true, and recalling him they sentenced him to death, judging that the oaths were not punishable which they had made with one who deserved public vengeance."2
"Saturninus the consul attempted a tyranny. So the Romans made a promise to him more necessary than true, and recalling him they sentenced him to death, judging that the oaths were not punishable which they had made with one who deserved public vengeance."2